By the time everything was settled, it was already past six in the evening.
After the last bundle of steel left the ship, the tugboat coming from the other side weighed anchor and blew the horn, returning to the Legaha Pier in the afterglow of the sun.
"Have you calculated how much money you earned today?"
After the loading and unloading team dispersed, Wan Feng and Li Guangyin walked out of the granary alone and asked.
Li Guangyin shook his head: "I don't know how to calculate."
"Look, the disadvantages of not studying are evident. You can't even calculate how much money you earn."
"Can you calculate how much money I earned?"
"Oh! I still need to calculate how much you earn. Do you and your wife need help with sleeping at night?"
"That's not necessary."
The two men squatted on the river bank, and Wan Feng scratched the ground with a wooden stick.
"Do you know how many tons of steel were unloaded today?"
"Three hundred and fifty tons."
“How much of these 350 tons of steel went directly from the ship to the truck?”
"Two hundred and seventy tons."
"Let's calculate the 270 tons first. The loading and unloading fee for these 270 tons of steel is one yuan per ton, which is a total of 270 yuan. You earn half and they earn half. That means you earn 135 yuan, and those ten people earn 135 yuan. Do you know how to calculate it?"
Li Guangyin nodded.
"Let's take the remaining seventy tons. The loading and unloading fee for these seventy tons coming from the ship to the warehouse is three dollars a ton, which makes a total of two hundred and ten yuan. Since you're keeping two-thirds, dividing this two hundred and ten yuan by three gives you seventy yuan each. You keep one hundred and forty yuan, and give seventy yuan to the rest. So your ten stevedores' total earnings today are one hundred and thirty-five plus seventy, which is two hundred and five yuan each. That's twenty dollars and fifty cents per person. That's their earnings today. You have to know how to do this math, otherwise how are you going to divide the money among them? Do you know how to do it?"
"Yes."
"So, have you figured out how much you have left?"
Li Guangyin rolled his eyes for a long time and said in disbelief, "I only have 275 yuan left? That's so much!"
"Don't be too happy. This is all yours. You also need to pay for hiring drivers and the fuel for the vehicles. There will also be repair costs for vehicle breakdowns in the future. How much do you pay the five drivers you hired per month?"
"One hundred and fifty."
The normal price for hiring a driver locally is 120 yuan per month. The drivers of these cars are a bit special, so it is understandable to pay them a few dozen more.
"Five drivers make 750 yuan a month, which is 25 yuan a day. You also have to deduct the cost of oil and mechanical wear and tear. So, 50 yuan is your final profit."
Li Guangyin hesitated for a long time before saying, "Two hundred and twenty-five yuan is my income today?"
"That's about right. I estimate a ship will arrive every two days. From now on, count it this way every time you unload a ship. If you don't understand, go home and ask your wife. Chen Dao is in charge of verifying the work here. After unloading each ship, check the numbers with Chen Dao. Remember?"
"I remember."
"Today is July 18th, so I'll come over to pay you on July 18th of next month. Also, don't tell your stevedores the exact figures for their loading and unloading fees, lest they get upset and start slacking off, which would make your family even more nervous."
"Know!"
As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. Wan Feng believes that as time goes by, these people will become more skilled and experienced.
It took more than seven hours to unload the ship on the first day today. If they become skilled, this time can be shortened by about an hour.
Li Guangyin calculated for a long time and suddenly said excitedly: "If I unload cargo fifteen times a month, I can make 3,400 yuan a month, which means more than 40,000 yuan a year!"
Wan Feng immediately poured cold water on him: "Not that much. We remove the debris for a month when the river is open and closed, and another month during the New Year and the continuous rain. That means we have more than nine months of work a year."
"That's over 30,000. Holy shit! I never dreamed I could make that much money in a year."
"Don't just think about making money. Remember safety. Steel is not like loading and unloading grain bags. If an accident happens, it can be fatal. Although making money is important, life is more important. From now on, you must remind them to be careful and pay attention when unloading the ship. Especially those who are on the ship and in the car and working with the crane must be careful. If something goes wrong, it will cause a lot of trouble."
"I know this, and I will remind them all the time."
No matter what job you do, safety is the top priority. Don’t leave money behind but lose your life, that would be tragic.
Wan Feng patted his shoulder and said, "Work hard. You can do this job for two years, which is enough for you to make a small fortune."
“Why can it only last two years?”
Wan Feng did not elaborate on the reason. He could only tell Li Guangyin that the Soviet Union would disintegrate in two years and all ports would be temporarily closed and would not be fully reopened until 1992.
"You'll understand this when the time comes."
"What will you do if you quit?"
"Keep farming. Don't look down on farming. By then, the price of grain will have risen. If the weather is good, you can make tens of thousands of dollars a year. If you don't want to farm, you can come with me to Bei Liao and do business or something."
"Then we'll talk about it when the time comes."
"Go to the dormitory and pick up your wife."
You can only go off work after the people in the dormitory have finished their meal and the chef has finished cleaning up.
When the two returned to the dormitory, the soldiers were already having dinner.
The staple food is steamed buns, and there are two dishes, one is pork stewed with vermicelli, and the other is pork stewed with cabbage.
"Do you want to eat?" Wan Feng picked up a steamed bun and asked Li Guangyin while eating.
"I'm going home to eat."
There is plenty of oil and water, and the food tastes good.
Some local families have small cold-pressed soybean oil mills, and there is plenty of soybean oil.
Wan Feng instructed the two chefs to make sure there was enough oil and water and there was no need to save money.
If you save on oil for both meals, what's the point of living?
After dinner, the two chefs cleaned up and went home.
Li Guangyin took his wife home, and Zheng Song happily went to see Zang Yunli off.
Wan Feng, Chen Dao, Wang Jiang and Tang checked the numbers and then took a rest.
Wan Feng will return to Heihe tomorrow, and everything here will be handed over to Chen Dao.
Chen Dao also worked as a custodian in the base, so he has no problem managing it.
He can't stay here all the time. There are a lot of things on Heihe's side that need him to decide and deal with.
With Wang Jiangtang and those soldiers here, nothing will go wrong.
Chen Dao, Zhang Xian and Zheng Song are in charge of logistics and procurement here. There is almost nothing for him to do here, so he doesn't need to stay here.
After sending Zang Yunli off, Zheng Song came back happily.
Wan Feng felt it necessary to talk to Zheng Song. If they were serious about dating, he wouldn't object, and it didn't matter who he married. But if this guy was just playing around, that wouldn't do.
After all, Zang Yunli is his classmate. You can't just dump her irresponsibly after having fun with her.
Isn't this a slap in his face? This is something Wan Feng cannot tolerate.
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